topic Re: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bug in Bug Reportshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5819773#M120953
<P>Just wanted to report that I just reinstalled the game and the shadows still jump. About every 6 seconds. Shadows did not behave this way until the December 2015 patch.</P>
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<P>Hopefully this can be addressed, as a person where blinking/flashing is really bothersome, I can't really play this game at the moment.&nbsp;</P>
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<P>&nbsp;</P>Sat, 14 Jan 2017 06:59:06 GMTdaleylife2017-01-14T06:59:06Z[ARCHIVED] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015915#M120919
<P>Since the last update&nbsp;(1.13) the shadows in my game are really bugged. They "teleport" every minute, instead of making&nbsp;a soft movement, as you can see in this video: <A href="https://youtu.be/OLBWqvaXpas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/OLBWqvaXpas</A></P>
<P>I have no mods affecting time, shadows or whatever, and my graphics specs are&nbsp;on ultra. Tried repairing and disabling the mods too and it stays the same. Tried changing the game to 32 bit too!</P>
<P>Are there other people having this issue? And how can i fix it?</P>
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<P>UPDATE: still seeing it even with the 12/17 update.</P>
<P><SPAN>UPDATE 2: I changed my graphic card to AMD R7 370 2gb and I'm still having this issue.</SPAN></P>
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<P>My PC:</P>
<P><STRIKE>i5 2310 2,9GHz</STRIKE></P>
<P><STRIKE>8GB DDR3 1333MHz</STRIKE></P>
<P><STRIKE>GTX 550 Ti 1GB 192bit</STRIKE></P>
<P><STRIKE>AMD R7 370 2GB 256bit</STRIKE></P>
<P><STRIKE>Windows 10 Pro 64bit</STRIKE></P>
<P><STRIKE>Also, The Sims 4 and the OS are in a SSD</STRIKE></P>
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<P>UPDATE 3:</P>
<P>New specs:</P>
<P>AMD Ryzen 5 1600</P>
<P>8GB DDR4 2666MHz</P>
<P>GTX 1070</P>
<P>Windows 10 Pro 64bit</P>
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<P>And still having the issue...&nbsp;<img id="eateeth_bared" class="emoticon emoticon-eateeth_bared" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_Teeth_bared.png" alt="Teeth bared" title="Teeth bared" /></P>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:38:05 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015915#M120919jrsuri2020-01-22T19:38:05ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015983#M120920
<P>Could you try changing back to 32 bit to see if you have the same issue ?</P>
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<P>Could be connected to the flickering issue many are seeing.</P>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:53:30 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015983#M120920crinrict2015-12-13T19:53:30ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5016274#M120921
<BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><LI-USER uid="166"></LI-USER> wrote:<BR /><P>Could you try changing back to 32 bit to see if you have the same issue ?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Could be connected to the flickering issue many are seeing.</P><HR /></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Yes i did, and it didn't worked too!</P>Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:48:37 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5016274#M120921jrsuri2015-12-13T22:48:37ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5016680#M120922
<P>Added to graphical issues</P>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:29:46 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5016680#M120922crinrict2015-12-14T08:29:46ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5018311#M120923
<P>I can verify that I am seeing the same shadow jumping in my game also.&nbsp; I never paid enough attention to the shadows pre-patch to know if it was going on then though.</P>Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:24:23 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5018311#M120923BryonyRae2015-12-14T21:24:23ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5024834#M120924
<P>I've noticed the "mechanical" shadow movements too after the first December patch, it's still the same after the latest patch.</P>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 07:23:33 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5024834#M120924NevisDreams2015-12-18T07:23:33ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5024960#M120925
<P>I don't see this now in my game or else I'm not looking close enough. And I did have it with the 12/4 patch.</P>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:10:27 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5024960#M120925aparkison2015-12-18T09:10:27ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5025010#M120926
<P>THanks for the feedback</P>
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<P>Tagging others</P>
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<P><LI-USER uid="11779595">﻿</LI-USER>&nbsp;<LI-USER uid="12114121">﻿</LI-USER>&nbsp;<LI-USER uid="6777451">﻿</LI-USER></P>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 10:03:16 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5025010#M120926crinrict2015-12-18T10:03:16ZRe: Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5025826#M120927
<P>Still seeing it.&nbsp; Think the delay between jumps might be a bit longer than it was before, but it's definitely still happening.</P>Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:18:01 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5025826#M120927BryonyRae2015-12-18T17:18:01ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038592#M120928
<P>same problem here&nbsp;<img id="eafrown" class="emoticon emoticon-eafrown" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_frown.png" alt="Frown" title="Frown" /> in speed 1 time it takes 5 seconds to shadow move</P>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 07:32:44 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038592#M120928Kirocks2015-12-23T07:32:44ZOutdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038852#M120929
<P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Issue</STRONG></FONT></P><P><BR />Outdoor shadows have stopped moving smoothly. Instead of&nbsp;updating their position every second&nbsp;or so, there are now 3-4 second intervals of no movement before the shadows suddenly update and&nbsp;skip forward. This is a very noticeable&nbsp;change and it looks very odd and clunky compared to what I'm used to.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Steps you took for Issue to&nbsp;</STRONG><SPAN><STRONG>occur</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>None. The issue is continuous and I cannot trigger it.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Picture</STRONG></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've attached 3 pictures, using a gnome as a reference for shadow position. Between 10.35am and 10.37am, the shadows did not move. At 10.38, they skipped forward.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Where does the bug occur ?</STRONG></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN>The bug is&nbsp;global,&nbsp;occurring&nbsp;in all worlds and saves.</SPAN></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>Mods/CC</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I do use mods and CC, but nothing that should affect lighting or shadows. The bug continues to appear even after mods have been disabled/removed and in a vanilla state.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Expansion Packs/Game Packs/Stuff Packs</STRONG></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Get Together, Get To Work -- Perfect Patio Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff -- Spa Day, Outdoor Retreat</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><SPAN><STRONG>Occurring</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG>&nbsp;since</STRONG></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The bug has been&nbsp;occurring since the latest patch (that added the&nbsp;64-bit executable) and/or since I installed Get Together. I'm not 100% exactly which one triggered the issue.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT size="3"><STRONG>Operating system</STRONG></FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Windows 10 Home 64-bit&nbsp;</P>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:40:33 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038852#M120929pureedboot2015-12-23T10:40:33ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038968#M120930
<P>Looks the same as this:&nbsp;<A href="http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015915" target="_blank">http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/OPEN-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5015915</A> ?</P>
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<P>Do you agree ?</P>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:50:16 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038968#M120930crinrict2015-12-23T11:50:16ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038987#M120931
<P>Yes, that&nbsp;seems like the same bug. Sorry for double posting! I didn't notice that thread earlier.</P>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:59:22 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5038987#M120931pureedboot2015-12-23T11:59:22ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5039116#M120932
<P>I merged. Thanks for the detailed report though</P>Wed, 23 Dec 2015 13:04:33 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5039116#M120932crinrict2015-12-23T13:04:33ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5043781#M120933
<P>Try the following:</P><P>- Change GAME OPTIONS &gt; GRAPHICS &gt; <STRONG>LIGHTING SETTING to MEDIUM</STRONG> on 32-bit EXE.</P><P>- Check if it (temporarily) solves the issue.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Shadow skipping every 5 sims seconds occurs on HIGH and VERY HIGH lighting settings. (Observed on Win7-x64, Nvidia Drivers).</P>Fri, 25 Dec 2015 06:19:21 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5043781#M120933Trg0d_992015-12-25T06:19:21ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5043859#M120934
<P>I noticed I have this problem too.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Although, I first reported a "bug" over at The Sims forums, with shadows under Sims, while indoors:</P><P>(The Shadows Flicker.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><A href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetwSaVtGj4&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetwSaVtGj4&amp;feature=youtu.be</A></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>My game is running the 64 bit version, &nbsp;game and graphics card is up to date, and almost all settings are on very high.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>EDIT: I tried the suggestions from&nbsp;<LI-USER uid="16795978">﻿</LI-USER><SPAN class="">&nbsp;and saw no improvement.</SPAN></P>Sat, 26 Dec 2015 22:00:35 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5043859#M120934daleylife2015-12-26T22:00:35ZRe: Outdoor shadows only move every 3 Sim-minuteshttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5141316#M120935
<P>I tried that and it works for me, thank you,&nbsp;<LI-USER uid="16795978">﻿</LI-USER>.&nbsp;<img id="eastandard_smile" class="emoticon emoticon-eastandard_smile" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_standard_smile.png" alt="Standard smile" title="Standard smile" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>They still need to sort out the issue though, I prefer to have my lighting settings on very high.</P>Fri, 05 Feb 2016 07:58:49 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5141316#M120935NevisDreams2016-02-05T07:58:49ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5190263#M120936
<P>Having same issue are update, may have been the 64bit update actually.</P>Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:20:23 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5190263#M120936knazzer2016-02-25T17:20:23ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5266707#M120937
<P>Wanted to report, still having issue as of the recent March 2015 patch. It's super annoying.</P>Fri, 01 Apr 2016 04:06:18 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5266707#M120937daleylife2016-04-01T04:06:18ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5344383#M120938
<P>This bug is fixed in my machine, can someone confirm it?</P>Sat, 14 May 2016 21:23:58 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5344383#M120938mrnhmath2016-05-14T21:23:58ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5344408#M120939
<P>I can check tomorrow.</P>
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<P>Thanks for posting this.</P>Sat, 14 May 2016 21:48:29 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5344408#M120939crinrict2016-05-14T21:48:29ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5347125#M120940
<P>They are still jumping in my game.</P>Mon, 16 May 2016 17:28:57 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5347125#M120940BryonyRae2016-05-16T17:28:57ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5349886#M120941
<P>Still jumping in my game too.&nbsp;<img id="eadisappointed" class="emoticon emoticon-eadisappointed" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_Disappointed.png" alt="Disappointed" title="Disappointed" /></P>Wed, 18 May 2016 09:00:58 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5349886#M120941NevisDreams2016-05-18T09:00:58ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5351565#M120942
<P>Shadows jumping for me as well.</P>Thu, 19 May 2016 05:02:26 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5351565#M120942daleylife2016-05-19T05:02:26ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5351604#M120943
<P>Guess we can go with&nbsp;a <EM>not fixed</EM> on this one.</P>
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<P>Thanks all for reporting.</P>Thu, 19 May 2016 06:32:13 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5351604#M120943crinrict2016-05-19T06:32:13ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375375#M120944
<P>Even with the massive patch today that included the improved lighting, shadows are still jumping for me.&nbsp;</P>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 03:42:59 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375375#M120944daleylife2016-06-03T03:42:59ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375460#M120945
Thanks for checkingFri, 03 Jun 2016 06:25:27 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375460#M120945crinrict2016-06-03T06:25:27ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375681#M120946
<P>I can confirm this&nbsp;too, at medium setting the shadows are perfectly normal, at high and very high they're jumping.</P>Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:59:31 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5375681#M120946NevisDreams2016-06-03T09:59:31ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5377787#M120947
<P>To my knowlegde I have always suffered from this issue in my game from the day it was released. I have a Nvidia graphics card and have always had the lighting settings set to the highest. After it was mentioned that the jumping goes away on Medium settings I gave it a try and what do you know? The shadows move smoothly across the screen. I don't understand why the shadows would move differently on different quality settings but there we have it. In my particular instance at any rate. It just means I have to miss out on the new indoor lighting through windows.</P>Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:46:25 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5377787#M120947Alistu2016-06-04T16:46:25ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5402242#M120948
<P>I've just been messing with the settings in the GraphicsRules.sgr file and have discovered that the setting that appears to affect the smooth movement of shadows is called "NumberCascadeLevels".</P>
<P>With this set to "1" the shadows move smoothly but will fade out at certain angles and distances. With the value set to "3" the shadows do not fade but become jerky in their movement.</P>
<P>Setting it to "2" creates some bizarre effects where the shadows stretch across the landscape and setting it to "4" will crash the game when you try to load a Lot. Setting it to "0" seems to have the same effect as setting it to "1".</P>
<P>Just thought I'd share this information for if anyone finds it useful.</P>Sat, 18 Jun 2016 20:47:27 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5402242#M120948Alistu2016-06-18T20:47:27ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5475735#M120949
<P>is there any update on this? its quite infuriating when i tried to enjoy the very best of this game's graphic.. T_T!</P>Sat, 06 Aug 2016 06:28:22 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5475735#M120949bandomir72016-08-06T06:28:22ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5558339#M120950
<P>Having this same issue. Also using an Nvidia graphic card.</P>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 09:40:58 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5558339#M120950yuuchu2016-09-16T09:40:58ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5561148#M120951
<P>UPDATE: I changed my graphic card to AMD R7 370 2gb and I'm still having this issue.</P>Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:12:45 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5561148#M120951jrsuri2016-09-17T15:12:45ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5561182#M120952
<P>Thanks for your feedback guys</P>Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:27:07 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5561182#M120952crinrict2016-09-17T15:27:07ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5819773#M120953
<P>Just wanted to report that I just reinstalled the game and the shadows still jump. About every 6 seconds. Shadows did not behave this way until the December 2015 patch.</P>
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<P>Hopefully this can be addressed, as a person where blinking/flashing is really bothersome, I can't really play this game at the moment.&nbsp;</P>
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<P>Any fix? 32+medium lighting seems to fix the problem still I wanna play on very high</P>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 20:51:32 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5858448#M120954ShepardTH2017-02-02T20:51:32ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5860919#M120955
<P>Still an open issue and haven't heard of any work around</P>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 10:14:51 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5860919#M120955crinrict2017-02-04T10:14:51ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5861584#M120956
<P>The only "work around" is to set lighting to Medium or lower. The shadows move perfectly smoothly on the lower settings but it also means you have to put up with things such as a shorter draw distance on shadows.</P>Sat, 04 Feb 2017 16:37:01 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5861584#M120956Alistu2017-02-04T16:37:01ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5951138#M120957
<P>I'm sad to say that the shadows are still broken as of the March 23d 2017 patch. Hope they resolve this one soon as I have a very hard time concentrating when there are things jumping around in the corner of my eye. I refuse to set my settings to medium as that would just be an insult to my computer and in my opinion, no one who has a computer good enough to run the game on max graphics should be forced to set their settings to medium only to workaround a bug that the developers have had over a year to fix now.</P>
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<P>Happy Simmin! <img id="eastandard_smile" class="emoticon emoticon-eastandard_smile" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_standard_smile.png" alt="Standard smile" title="Standard smile" /></P>Sat, 25 Mar 2017 09:07:20 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5951138#M120957Snuddelhund2017-03-25T09:07:20ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5969804#M120958
<P>This problem has always driven me insane. The worst part is that I didn't remember it being good before, and watching a let's play from september 2014 I noticed how smooth the shadows looked. I'm definitely more annoyed and can't unsee now that I know it's a bug. It's been years!</P>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 20:37:51 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/5969804#M120958NeonHighways2017-03-31T20:37:51ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6045075#M120959
<P>UPDATE</P>
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<P>New specs:</P>
<P>AMD Ryzen 5 1600</P>
<P>8GB DDR4 2666MHz</P>
<P>GTX 1070</P>
<P>Windows 10 Pro 64bit</P>
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<P>And still having the issue...&nbsp;<img id="eateeth_bared" class="emoticon emoticon-eateeth_bared" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_Teeth_bared.png" alt="Teeth bared" title="Teeth bared" /></P>Fri, 05 May 2017 22:19:05 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6045075#M120959jrsuri2017-05-05T22:19:05ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6080695#M120960
<P>One and a half years since the patch that seems to have caused this issue and it still hasn't been fixed. Running on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 and setting my lighting to anything above medium continues to cause shadow stuttering. I also know of someone using a GTX 1060 with the same issue.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Frustrating that after so long I'm still stuck running the game on reduced graphics just to get the shadows to function correctly.&nbsp;<img id="eaangry" class="emoticon emoticon-eaangry" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_Angry.png" alt="Angry" title="Angry" /></P><P>&nbsp;</P>Thu, 25 May 2017 17:51:15 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6080695#M120960pureedboot2017-05-25T17:51:15ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092623#M120961
<P><LI-USER uid="166"></LI-USER>&nbsp;are you able to provide any kind of update regarding this shadow issue? Do you know whether or not the dev team are aware of it?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>A year and a half is a long time to wait for a fix for such an obvious bug and I'm wondering why it seems to have been ignored.</P>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:29:30 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092623#M120961pureedboot2017-06-01T18:29:30ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092643#M120962
<P>Unfortunately, I don't have info what they fix when. They should be aware of all the bugs on my list and maybe this is either hard to replicate (which would be weird) or hard to fix.&nbsp;</P>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 18:35:58 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092643#M120962crinrict2017-06-01T18:35:58ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092806#M120963
<P>Our QA team has reproduced this issue, and we are definitely still tracking it. Thanks everyone for the reports <img id="eastandard_smile" class="emoticon emoticon-eastandard_smile" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_standard_smile.png" alt="Standard smile" title="Standard smile" /></P>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:54:18 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6092806#M120963SimGuruNick2017-06-01T19:54:18ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6159505#M120964
<P><SPAN>I finally found a solution! Basically you have to go to (C: ) - programs (x86) - electronic arts or origin games (depending on if you have a physical copy or a digital one) - the sims 4 - game - bin and then open GraphicRules.sgr (with a text editor like Notepad), go to edit -&gt; search and type ''prop $ConfigGroup NumberCascadeLevels 3'' but make sure above it there's ''setting $VeryHigh'', then you just change the 3 to 1, save it and then the shadows should move more smoothly. Here's 2 videos showing that (you can see that the shadows are high quality, unlike how they would be if it was in medium settings), also it seems like they're still not fluid, but that's because while recording the videos my game was lagging a bit. <img id="eastandard_smile" class="emoticon emoticon-eastandard_smile" src="https://answers.ea.com/html/images/emoticons/ea_standard_smile.png" alt="Standard smile" title="Standard smile" />&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/e7B2id_pXiU" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/e7B2id_pXiU</A></SPAN><BR /><SPAN><A href="https://youtu.be/V3Udg6lPmJc" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/V3Udg6lPmJc</A></SPAN></P>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:09:11 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6159505#M120964asdfmovie25522017-07-15T20:09:11ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6163015#M120965
<P>While asdfmovie2552's steps do remove the stuttering from the shadows, it also reduces the distance at which shadows are drawn. I should be able to see shadows across the entire neighbourhood with lighting set to max but with this alteration I can't. They can only just be seen to the edge of the Lot or across the road depending on where the camera is positioned.</P>Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:28:53 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6163015#M120965Alistu2017-07-18T15:28:53ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6223008#M120966
<P>I also just came across that video with that&nbsp;&nbsp;temporary fix. But yeah, it has other unwanted effects. But, this shows that it's not a super difficult thing to fix.&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I hope Maxis gets on this soon, because, as a person who is extremely sensitive to flashling/blinking, I've been unable to play the game.&nbsp;</P>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 20:35:33 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6223008#M120966daleylife2017-08-21T20:35:33ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6242599#M120967
<P><LI-USER uid="15928422"></LI-USER>&nbsp;I'm glad to hear that you're aware of the issue. Do you have any idea as to if/when it might be fixed? As you can see above, some players have attempted to fix it on their own and made some progress, so hopefully it isn't impossible to fix it completely. It's really quite an annoyance to still be stuck playing on medium lighting after this long.</P>Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:57:18 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6242599#M120967pureedboot2017-09-02T12:57:18ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6365734#M120969
<P><SPAN>Another issue is why does the shadows got to be jumpy on high settings but on medium they are smooth?</SPAN></P>Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:08:04 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/6365734#M120969Vulnnn2017-10-23T14:08:04ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7752389#M120970
<P>Any update on this?</P>Sun, 31 Mar 2019 18:58:06 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7752389#M120970pureedboot2019-03-31T18:58:06ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7777356#M120971
Is it still really bad for you ? I don't really notice it anymore tbh.<BR /><BR />Don't know what's going on with this but there haven't been many reports for a long while.Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:52:51 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7777356#M120971crinrict2019-04-08T10:52:51ZRe: [OPEN] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7782935#M120972
<P>It is certainly still a thing. I've just (sadly) gotten used to it not working as it should.</P>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 20:26:48 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/7782935#M120972Alistu2019-04-09T20:26:48ZRe: [ARCHIVED] Shadow Movement Bughttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/8670692#M120973
Arching this thread as it doesn't use the template.<BR /><BR />If you still have issues with this, please use the new thread here: <A href="https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Outdoor-shadows-jumping-across-screen-ultra-high/m-p/8670683" target="_blank">https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Outdoor-shadows-jumping-across-screen-ultra-high/m-p/8670683</A>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:39:07 GMThttps://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/ARCHIVED-Shadow-Movement-Bug/m-p/8670692#M120973crinrict2020-01-22T19:39:07Z